Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Kosice

for the Project "Integration of the Košice Universities in the field of technology transfer" (CassTech) 

Rector of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, in accordance with Art. § 14 par. 1 Act. no. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendments to Certain Acts, as amended, announces a selection procedure...

Cassovia New Industry Cluster (CNIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Slovak-American company Tachyum s.r.o. on November 5, 2021 at the Technology and Innovation Park TIP-UPJŠ. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on behalf of CNIC by the Chairman of the Board of CNIC, prof. RNDr. Pavol Miškovský, DrSc. and Tachyum s.r.o. co-founder and CEO, Ing. Radoslav Danilak, PhD. The meeting was also attended by Mgr. Roman Oros for CNIC and Róbert Cisár, Business Development Manager for Tachyum.

On October 28, 2021 a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Cassovia New Industry Cluster (CNIC) took place on the premises of the Technology and Innovation Park TIP-UPJŠ.

Assoc. Prof. Martin Kundrát, PhD. from the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, TIP-UPJŠ managed to implement a project to find the remains of dinosaurs in Uzbekistan in more than two years in the period from September 22 to October 12, 2021 in cooperation with partners from the State Geological Museum in Tashkent. This project was also realized thanks to the support of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Tashkent and in cooperation with partners from the State Geological Museum in Tashkent.

Within the conference COINTT 2021 - Cooperation Innovation Technology Transfer, which took place on October 19-21, 2021 at the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, awards were presented - Technology Transfer Award in Slovakia 2021. The event was implemented within the national project National infrastructure for technology transfer support in Slovakia - NITT SK II.

On October 11, 2021, representatives of Tachyum, Cassovia New Industry  Cluster (CNIC) and the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic met on the premises of TIP-UPJŠ.

At the beginning of October, the rector of UPJŠ in Košice, prof. RNDr. Pavol Sovák, CSc. welcomed the members of the Board of Directors of the Cassovia New Industry Cluster (CNIC) and the delegation of the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic (MIRRI SR) on the premises of the Rector's Office.

SAFTRA photonics s.r.o. is a high-tech company that was established as a start-up at UPJŠ in Košice. Today, this company continues in cooperation with Technology and Innovation Park TIP-UPJŠ, with which it solves two projects. The first project (APVV) is focused on the development of a methodology for the detection of toxic substances dioxane and glyphosate and the second project is focused on the sensitive, selective and rapid detection of various mutations in the coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 (Structural Funds project).

On September 23, 2021, the inaugural meeting of the General Assembly of the Cassovia New Industry Cluster (CNIC) took place in the historical hall of the UPJŠ Rectorate in Košice.

On september 20, 2021, the habilitation of RNDr. Gabriel Žoldák, PhD. from the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, TIP-UPJŠ took place on the premises of the Rectorate. Dr. Žoldák gave a habilitation lecture entitled Laser Optical Tweezers: from discovery to application and then presented the main results of his habilitation thesis entitled "Study of biophysical properties of proteins using laser optical tweezers".

On September 22, 2021, negotiations on a possible cooperation between the Center for Progresive Materials (CPM) and the Goodyear Innovation Center took place on the premises of the Technology and Innovation Park (TIP-UPJŠ).

On 14.-15.09.2021 representatives of Technology and Innovation Park TIP-UPJŠ in Košice participated in the international technology conference SlovakiaTech Forum Expo 2021, which took place in Kulturpark in Košice. One of the speakers at the conference was also the director of TIP-UPJŠ, prof. Pavol Miškovský, where he presented the project Cassovia New Industry Cluster (CNIC) on the topic of Technology meets humanity in the Green evolution block. Prof. Miškovský described the goals, vision of the project and its sustainability, and at the same time explained in detail the symbolism of the CNIC logo.

From 5-8 September 2021, the Vice-Rector for Informatization and Director of Quality at UPJŠ in Košice, prof. RNDr. Gabriel Semanišin, PhD. and the head of Business & Marketing, Roman Oros from Technology and Innovation Park (TIP-UPJŠ) were part of economic mission under the auspices of the Košice Regional Chamber of SOPK in the capital of Estonia - Tallinn

We invite you to the international professional conference SlovakiaTech Forum-Expo 2021, which will take place on September 14 - 15, 2021 in Kulturpark in Košice under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic, Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic, Ministry of Transport and Construction of the Slovak Republic, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Ministry of Environment, Science, Research and Sport SR, Košice Self-governing region and the city of Košice on the topic Technology meets humanity, Humanity meets technology.

The foreign interdisciplinary journal Biophysical Chemistry published a publication on the cover of its August issue by scientists from the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences of the Technology and Innovation Park of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (TIP-UPJŠ).

On August 4, the founding agreements of the Innovation Center of the Košice Region (ICKK) and the Cassovia New Industry Cluster (CNIC) were signed in the mirror hall of the Košice self-governing region, the founders of which are three Košice universities - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Technical University in Košice and University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, the City of Košice and the Košice Self-governing region. Besides the academic sector and local government, Cassovia Discovery Park, the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and the L. Pasteur University Hospital also participate in it.

This week, the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic held an important meeting to present the project Cassovia New Industry Cluster (CNIC) and release of R&D infrastructure for commercial use in the industrial sector.

In July, colleagues from TIP-UPJŠ - Ing. Zuzana Svoreňová, Operations Director and Mgr. Slavomíra Hrabovská, Marketing and PR manager participated in the Erasmus + Staff Training Mobility program and visited the University of Sassari in Italy. The aim of the program was to visit the partner university in Sassari and the mutual exchange of information and experience between the various departments in the field of marketing, PR, economic processes and technology transfer.

JUDr. Laura Rózenfeldová, PhD., Lawyer of the Center for Technology Transfer from Technology and Innovation park TIP-UPJŠ, received the top award of a student personality of Slovakia in the category of law for the academic year 2019/2020 at the beginning of July.

On June 28, 2021, a meeting with the World Bank took place on the premises of UPJŠ in Košice on Jesenná Street, which was attended by the director of TIP-UPJŠ, prof. RNDr. Pavol Miškovský, DrSc., Head of the Center for Technology Transfer, doc. JUDr. Renáta Bačárová, PhD., LL.M., Lawyer of the Center for Technology Transfer, JUDr. Laura Rózenfeldová, PhD., Head of the Department of Business and Marketing TIP-UPJŠ, Mgr. Roman Oros, Specialist for the Department of Business and Marketing TIP-UPJŠ, Mgr. Viktória Bančanská, Marketing and PR manager TIP-UPJŠ, Mgr. Slavomíra Hrabovská and representatives from the World Bank Grzegorz Aleksander Wolszczak, Leader for R&D components CuRI KSK and Krzysztof Malicki, Specialist for R&D components CuRI KSK.

Rector of UPJŠ in Košice, prof. RNDr. Pavol Sovák, Csc. Invites you to the online event Townhall Košice under the auspices of AmCham Slovakia, where he will present one of the important projects for eastern Slovakia - Cassovia New Industry Cluster (CNIC). 
When: June 15, 2021 at 1:30 pm

On April 21, 2021 the founding members of the CNIC at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice welcomed a visit from the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic - Minister Branislav Gröhling and State Secretary Ľudovít Paulis, during which they discussed the financing and sustainability of the project Cassovia New Industry Cluster (CNIC).

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice was ranked 201-250 in the latest international ranking, The Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021, making it the most valuable Slovak university. Compared to last year, the university has significantly improved when it was placed in position 301-400.

We would like to inform you that Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice has entrusted the head of the Center for Technology Transfer from Technology and Innovation Park UPJŠ doc. JUDr. Renata Bacarova, PhD., LL.M. to represent UPJŠ in the Commission for Conceptual Activities and Cooperation and the Business Director of Technology and Innovation Park UPJŠ Mgr. Roman Oros to represent UPJŠ in the Commission for the administration of the Patent fund and support in the process of technology transfer in the National Technology Transfer Center of the Slovak Republic.

On February 24, 2021, representatives of the Center for Technology Transfer participated in a seminar organized by the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), where databases of patents, trademarks and designs were presented and made available by WIPO, as well as other online research tools.

EIT Food is an initiative set up by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) to support the European Union's (EU) green economy in the field of healthy food and agriculture. It offers research and start-up programs accessible to 17 European countries to accelerate innovation in this segment.

On December 17, 2020, a press conference was held in the East Slovak Gallery in Košice under the auspices of the Košice Self-governing region to establish the Innovation Center of the Košice Region ICKK, which aims to support the development of innovations and new technologies in the East Slovak region

On November 30, 2020, a Memorandum on Research Cooperation between the State Geological Museum and Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice was signed at the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Tashkent, represented by its director, Mr. A. Š. Achmedšajev for the Uzbek side, and the rector of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, prof. Pavol Sovák who signed the Memorandum in advance. 

Center for interdisciplinary biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia is seeking to fill three open positions within the project “Open scientific community for modern interdisciplinary research in medicine” (OPENMED)

The kick-off meeting of the CasProt project was held by the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (UPJS) as a coordinator of the project Horizon 2020 from the European Framework Program of the EU for Research and Innovation within the framework of the "Twinning" call on the 12th and 13th of October 2020.

The center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences of the Technology and Innovation Park of the University of P.J. Šafárik in Košice (TIP UPJŠ) have achieved another success. Scientists from two universities in Kosice (TUKE and UPJŠ) in collaboration with colleagues from several foreign universities have recently studied key aspects of the implementation of the 6G blockchain.

On 23 and 24 January 2020, a meeting of representatives of the Technology Transfer Division of the Joint Research Center, Brussels (JRC) and nominated experts of the European Commission with the rectors of Košice universities (UPJŠ, TUKE, UVLF), vice-president of SAS region and city Košice

The representatives of TIP-UPJŠ attended meetings from 21st to 23rd of the October 2019 with representatives from Joint Research Center JRC in Brussels.

Pavel Jozef Šafárik University attended the UNINFOS 2019 international conference, which was held this year at the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra from 6th to 8th November, 2019. The main topic of the conference was the University of Future.

First of its kind analytical detection system for low concentrations of organic substances in water was introduced by SAFTRA photonics. As the company CEO Pavol Miskovsky said, it is a milestone for the worldwide analytical industry.